I got this one finished and primed today (finally). The humidity is terrible for painting right now. I have 2 more cut out and about to start assembly.
Malcolm
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Malcom, that machine is gorgeous! I wish I could sit in a class given by you on working with Styrene at an O Scale National. 
Dan
WOW, That is some nice craftsmen ship. What do you use for the rest of the engine, Like trucks , motors gears and such, will it go on a chassie of another engine. Beuatiful work. Nick
Spectacular scratch building skills!
Yeah, beautiful! Did you tell us what you are doing about trucks in a previous thread?
Just beautiful!!!!!!
Yes, I did. But I will tell it again
. The client I am building these for is furnishing his own drive with cast brass trucks/KM sideframes. I can't wait to see them finished and running myself. They are huge locomotives.
. The client I am building these for is furnishing his own drive with cast brass trucks/KM sideframes. I can't wait to see them finished and running myself. They are huge locomotives.Thank you all for the kind words, Malcolm
Originally Posted by bob2:
Yeah, beautiful! Did you tell us what you are doing about trucks in a previous thread?
Yes, these are BEAutiful and have very pleasant memories of the one D&RG HO one I owned asa young person. I was so into its tuff appearence.Great work.
Phil
Bob,
I think from a past thread either here or possibly on another forum that Jay was involved in the trucks and drives? Which would make sense.
Jim
Fantastic work with styrene...the body looks like a commercial molding, except no separation lines! I, too, remember the Grande HO ones from out of the past.
Yeow!!
Master Model Maker Malcolm at work!
Beautiful!
Ralph
Brother, you're the best!
Did you scratch build the nose as well? Any pics of how you did it? Good to see a scratch builder at work!
Thanks again guys!
Wow, seriously impressed! Do you have a warehouse full of styrene on hand? Do you have an album or website showing some of your other creations? I don't facebook, otherwise I would click that link.
Jim,
Yeah, you have a good memory.
Jay
How do you form the overlay on the nose? Soften the styrene?
Amazing Malcolm!
Ralph
Very impressive! ncng
Harmon, and anybody else interested,
Here is the thread on the original KM that Malcolm built a year or two ago. Some of the pictures have disappeared, but there are still some photo of the nose being built.
McQ,
The facebook page can be accessed by non-members, so you can view it. Now I could also understand if you are avoiding any participation with facebook on principle or for privacy issues. I don't have a solution for you in that case.
Jim
Thanks for the heads up. Now I understand how the nose contours were done. Sculpturing, using plastic as formers as a base. Works.
Ah, yes, formers and the old paper and wood airplane kits....really great modeling.
Now I know who COULD build a McKeen car body...definitely not restricted to angular
cabooses (as already shown with the curved cupola one). If one could find McKeen trucks....
For the same customer?
Incredible
I'm blown away.
That is just amazing! 
Superb work, Malcolm!
My friend, the late John Addis, would've been proud of you. Did you ever meet him? He was an avid, well-respected and published O2R modeler who shucked the wood and metal paradigms for styrene about 40 years ago. I understand it caused quite a stir at some of the O nationals in its day. I don't recall that he did locomotive bodies, but his replication of wooden rolling stock was incredible....at least for its time.
Yes, the KM nose is awesome, indeed. And it's easy to see how a few balsa/paper airplanes would've taught you some forming techniques. But.....
Tell us about the nose pilot. The photo shows no formers to govern its complicated shape peeking through the coupler opening. How did you achieve the complex multiple curvatures of the styrene stock on that piece???? Please?
An humble admiring apprentice of the art of modeling ferroequines, et alia, I remain...
KD
